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the educational outreach efforts and conservation efforts, what those things are continuing to do today to help us understand our relationship with the sea and our relationship with our american past. >> we are currently in the clean lash the -- clean lab. includes chemical coating, constructing support mounts for objects, doing additional cleaning in a dry, stable environment. b. altman goal is to put these into the gallery and be able to share as much of the story of how these pumps operated, how they were made, what you're used for, their historical accounts from the sinking. we know that up to last when water put out the oilers, the pumps stopped moving. those are the things to consider is when dupont got here, the valve was still in position at its last moment. the think of the crew of monitor and the things they experienced and the struggles that they undertook to preserve c it ison and how ironi that today 100 petite years later they are still serving the nation in ways they could never have imagined, helping us understand marine conservation, understanding our past, and helping
the educational outreach efforts and conservation efforts, what those things are continuing to do today to help us understand our relationship with the sea and our relationship with our american past. >> we are currently in the clean lash the -- clean lab. includes chemical coating, constructing support mounts for objects, doing additional cleaning in a dry, stable environment. b. altman goal is to put these into the gallery and be able to share as much of the story of how these pumps...
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education. [indiscernible] >> all countries can be negatively affected by having so many people leaving them. >> i did think some countries are leading some of their skilled workers. best and some of their brightest. but there is the other argument as well, a country like mexico has a lot of poverty and crime. they are seeing citizens that are very happy to push the problems north. the best people who understand the problem are fleeing. >> this is an immigrant country. based on immigration. that is the beauty of this country. you are exposed to different ethnic groups, languages, culture. that is the enrichment of this country. you do not see that in many of those countries. >> to me, that is the united states. anyone who wants to become american, that is the beauty of the american culture, we all come from somewhere else. even if we are native american, we have to adjust for the larger culture. anyone who wants to become an american can and will be accepted as an american. whether you change yo
education. [indiscernible] >> all countries can be negatively affected by having so many people leaving them. >> i did think some countries are leading some of their skilled workers. best and some of their brightest. but there is the other argument as well, a country like mexico has a lot of poverty and crime. they are seeing citizens that are very happy to push the problems north. the best people who understand the problem are fleeing. >> this is an immigrant country. based...
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bill is the most generous education program we have. any youngster who does not complete schooling is at risk. last year we have 70,000 veterans who had defaulted on their home loans. and at recollection of foreclosure. -- at risk of foreclosure. our analysts became involved, worked with them to lower payments, extend their payment periods with financial institutions. those 70,000 were kept in their homes, and precluded from foreclosure. part of the homeless issue is mental health, and substance abuse, and our veterans health administration, very large and aggressive programs that deal with depression, substance abuse, and other issues of mental health. we want to get veteran in early and get them into treatment. our experience is when we diagnosis and treat, people generally get better, and that's -- this is a broad effort. >> that makes a lot of sense. perhaps you can give us some data on how these prevention programs are working and the number of people you talk to or work with. and what the outcomes are. >> dr. petzel? >> thank you.
bill is the most generous education program we have. any youngster who does not complete schooling is at risk. last year we have 70,000 veterans who had defaulted on their home loans. and at recollection of foreclosure. -- at risk of foreclosure. our analysts became involved, worked with them to lower payments, extend their payment periods with financial institutions. those 70,000 were kept in their homes, and precluded from foreclosure. part of the homeless issue is mental health, and...
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middle school is the biggest challenge with truancy and educational challenges and we know that while we are increasing the performance stand of the whole cities one of the highest increases in the whole state is happening here in the public schools in san francisco they are to the satisfied with just a bump we need to taken it at the highest levels and train from elementary to middle to high school and the college all of the kids in our skill set is so they can become the grounds for recruitment for every industry in our city that whether it's healthcare, technology, or whether it's tourism, and all the other great things that are happening in our city. and in fact we invested in 2012 in kid s f a special program we got funding from from the government federal department. labor to create the technology training center tech s f to reach out to disadvantaged kids in our city and make sure that they are getting the skill sets and the support that they need to so they can get in and really help us get rid of this digital guide that we suffer from and continue to suffer from in many of ou
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it really is a continuing education pathway for so many of our residents. i think it certainly deserves a conversation that we are dedicating to today. >> president chiu: supervisor wiener. >> supervisor wiener: thank you. i agree with them is everything that supervisor kim said. i would feel comfortable changing the word " inflating" with "growing." i can't even imagine what would happen if the college were to lose its accreditation. this is why the proposition passed despite of the bad press. i have serious concern about the final result in terms of what it means. i think that if we had a huge surplus, to met all the needs in terms of city services it would be appropriate to provide financial support to city college. it certainly is a totally appropriate use of funding the fact is we are not doing what we need to do in terms of our own budget. we don't have nearly enough heart gardeners and parked patrol officers. we are turning over street trees to private property owners. in fact we are really not turning them over as we don't have enough money in dpw t
it really is a continuing education pathway for so many of our residents. i think it certainly deserves a conversation that we are dedicating to today. >> president chiu: supervisor wiener. >> supervisor wiener: thank you. i agree with them is everything that supervisor kim said. i would feel comfortable changing the word " inflating" with "growing." i can't even imagine what would happen if the college were to lose its accreditation. this is why the proposition...
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. >> reporter: that's led to a big push to educate young drivers, using simulators to show the dangers. >> just having the phone in my hand for me was difficult. >> when you're looking down, there's like no way you can look at the road. >> reporter: and according to a triple a, mid-atlantic study, those are passed look along. >> 50 to 60% of the crashes, involving 15 to 17-year-old drivers, did not have any passengers in the cars with them. then when we looked alt passengers wthree -- with three or more, with a teen driver, that dropped to 12%. >> reporter: not that horrible accidents with passengers don't happen. last week, four teens died on kent island. but statistics say driving alone with a phone, still poses the greatest risk. >> they don't have the peer pressure of other teens in the car, telling them to hang up and drive. >> reporter: a new maryland law goes into effect this october. drivers under 18, caught using a mobile device while driving, will lose their driver's licenses. back to you. >> thank you, alex. that surthey -- survey that found 95% of the drivers showed they us
. >> reporter: that's led to a big push to educate young drivers, using simulators to show the dangers. >> just having the phone in my hand for me was difficult. >> when you're looking down, there's like no way you can look at the road. >> reporter: and according to a triple a, mid-atlantic study, those are passed look along. >> 50 to 60% of the crashes, involving 15 to 17-year-old drivers, did not have any passengers in the cars with them. then when we looked alt...
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some others fear equal education gains could be lost once international forces pull out of the country. u.s. investigators have started interrogating the surviving suspect in the boston marathon bombings even though he can't talk. dzhokhar tsarnaev injured his throat last friday following gunfights with police. u.s. media reports that tsarnaev is unable to speak to police are telling the 19-year-old to respond to their questions in writing. his 26-year-old brother tamerlan tsarnaev died in a standoff with law enforcement officers. their ethnic chechens from the north caucasus region of southern russia. investigators have revealed the suspects were heavily armed. an automatic weapon, two handguns and 250 rounds of ammunition. the brothers threw explosives at police during the standoff. authorities say the men may have been planning more attacks in other places. they say they will question dzhokhar tsarnaev to try to determine the motive for the marathon bombings which killed three people and wounded more than 170 others. they also want to know if the men had any accomplices. the boston
some others fear equal education gains could be lost once international forces pull out of the country. u.s. investigators have started interrogating the surviving suspect in the boston marathon bombings even though he can't talk. dzhokhar tsarnaev injured his throat last friday following gunfights with police. u.s. media reports that tsarnaev is unable to speak to police are telling the 19-year-old to respond to their questions in writing. his 26-year-old brother tamerlan tsarnaev died in a...
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item 8 urging the board of trustees and administration to utilize to preserve the quality of education that has served education well, and to support the city of san francisco to reevaluate the charges and providing more and kind services to support the resolution. >> this was a resolution to support the issues i'll turn it over to you. >> colleagues we have a number of speakers from the community of supporters of city college and faculty i believe we'll have a trustee or two. my hope is this hearing on city college and dialog on resolution to support the college this is a difficult time and we can also end with a commitment to have a working group that would be looking at the financial support and putting our heads together in creativity ways to feel what month supporters feel is a jewel of the san francisco system. we've invited all students from all background and the chance to develop a better life for themselves and their families. i know last year the focus was on how the college has that i would people from poverty but also retrained individuals like from manufacturing and retra
item 8 urging the board of trustees and administration to utilize to preserve the quality of education that has served education well, and to support the city of san francisco to reevaluate the charges and providing more and kind services to support the resolution. >> this was a resolution to support the issues i'll turn it over to you. >> colleagues we have a number of speakers from the community of supporters of city college and faculty i believe we'll have a trustee or two. my...
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everywhere we looked we saw a vast array of education. the natives of williams burg, untouched by first world grooming habits appeared to be ripe eco-systems for pubic lice to thrive >> can you help me find specimens of pubic lice. i'm new in town. >> reporter: see that right there? that was weird. you have to ease into it. ease into it. >> thank you. here's yours. >> thank you. so do you have pubic lice? reporter: but despite the eco-valiant efforts the fragile pubic louse have all but disappeared from this once fertile region. if we were going to save the species we need to think local but act global. ♪ >> hi, you're probably expecting sarah mclaughlin but she doesn't give a [bleep] about pubic lice. i'm amy. i do. will you an angel for a homeless pubic louse? every day they're losing their homes and they're crying out for help. call the number on your screen in the next 0 minutes and you'll receive a beautiful tote bag. your call says i'm here to help. please call. their future depends on it. > > >> jon: my guest tonight, he was the
everywhere we looked we saw a vast array of education. the natives of williams burg, untouched by first world grooming habits appeared to be ripe eco-systems for pubic lice to thrive >> can you help me find specimens of pubic lice. i'm new in town. >> reporter: see that right there? that was weird. you have to ease into it. ease into it. >> thank you. here's yours. >> thank you. so do you have pubic lice? reporter: but despite the eco-valiant efforts the fragile pubic...
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program coordinate 98or for over a decade he has provided services to the arab couldn't health and education and immigration his days start in the early mornings, commuting between court appointments homes of low increase and disabled clints, hospitals and schools and his work leads into the late evenings he can be found in the late trip ac's where he tutors nearly 50 america youth to help them understand the important of education their futures in the world and academic excellence his mint doesn't stop at mentoring he helps many student pursue scholarships to per view their dreams for higher education he understand the value and importance of community service and empowering our people to be strong and proud and conscious and capable members of the community who never forgot their heritage. so abraham, on behalf of the city and county of the san francisco x we will like to presented you with the 2012 distinguished service award. (applause). >>> thank you all and i appreciate this very much from the government of san francisco and i thanks our community at large and everyone who is here and
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i think [indiscernible] inside somalia, there is no security, not enough education or food. every year is drought. we're losing thousands of lives, especially children and elderly. are dying from malnutrition. now the u.s. government and the policy toward the u.s. government in somalia is changing. for the last 20 years we were in this island. they did not want to intervene after what happened and block lockdown in 1993. the u.s. stayed away from all of the issues in somalia. now there intervening in a positive way. they're trying to put -- >> we have to wrap it up but we will continue the conversation and posted online democracynow.org. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] tavis: good evening. smiley. tonight, a conversation with senator bernie sanders. the bombingrmath of of th in boston and the budget. and then a talk with chris columbus. withversation
i think [indiscernible] inside somalia, there is no security, not enough education or food. every year is drought. we're losing thousands of lives, especially children and elderly. are dying from malnutrition. now the u.s. government and the policy toward the u.s. government in somalia is changing. for the last 20 years we were in this island. they did not want to intervene after what happened and block lockdown in 1993. the u.s. stayed away from all of the issues in somalia. now there...
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let's get the mike it should work >> i'm an educator and, yes we did just come from a preservation. my time at city college i have treasured every second of it. as project survive we go into the classroom we serve multiple programs. we also serve ocean campus and the critic center and we're spreading the message how to prevent unhealthy relationships and how to prevent other violence. every time i give a presentation it strengthened the classroom that community. i learn more from my interactions as a peer educator caterpillar i'm a preeducator and project delivers nearly 4 hundred workshops a year on dating violence project. we do different activities with students where we talk about healthy relationships and how to prevent unhealthy relationships and how to prevent rape in other situations that are bad. doing those presentations has helped me to see how it impacts other students. students may not recognize when they're in on a abusive relationship. >> thank you very much. i'm going to call a few more cards. (calling names) doesn't have to be in that order just came forward >> i'm
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those are targeted specifically for this phonetics to address their educational and number one educational. the human brain can be slowed down to prevent brighten deceased. so people can remain a vital part of our community >> thank you anything else want to speak please come forward. >> hi i wanted to thank you supervisor mar for hosting this hearing. obviously city college for san francisco is a vital resource. we build student leader to address entity issues we're working to close the remarkable achievement gaps. we are experiencing layoffs and the students are many, many ways facing the crisis. i wanted to talk briefly about some recently data that was released that kind of speaks to the achievement gap. in the remedial classes only 25 percent of students who start at the city college in a remedial math class are able to move up. into a college level class. their less than a 40 percent completion degree such as african-american students. i want to acknowledge that city college is out performing in this state and we can do better. i also want to say that kohlman advocates and smack supp
those are targeted specifically for this phonetics to address their educational and number one educational. the human brain can be slowed down to prevent brighten deceased. so people can remain a vital part of our community >> thank you anything else want to speak please come forward. >> hi i wanted to thank you supervisor mar for hosting this hearing. obviously city college for san francisco is a vital resource. we build student leader to address entity issues we're working to...
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education. i do think that we should have, or at least consider having a joint committee of the board of supervisors and the trustees of city college. we are already engaged in so many partnerships with city college and having that i'm going discussion and having them be a part of the discussion with the school district is something that i think that only benefit all three agencies. i hope that is something that we move forwards to. >> president chiu: supervisor mar. >> supervisor mar: i think it is wonderful to have a dialogue, and to add live on the points that supervisor campos made, another supervisor amniano (sounds like), who created the committee of education, in which i said on for years, there should be some way to them through the college board of trustees and that important decision-making , on the city level and i know our advisor to the mayor and education -- mendoza, sitting in the audience as well, i hope to work with many of you together to bring a working group on how to support
education. i do think that we should have, or at least consider having a joint committee of the board of supervisors and the trustees of city college. we are already engaged in so many partnerships with city college and having that i'm going discussion and having them be a part of the discussion with the school district is something that i think that only benefit all three agencies. i hope that is something that we move forwards to. >> president chiu: supervisor mar. >> supervisor...
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lot of that also is due to a lot of activists and community members who made this a priority issue to educate government and members of the community on this issue and of course they have been impacted on this as well and hopefully through the hearings we can push and encourage for better working -- a better coordination amongst a variety of departments and this sits in a lot of different purviews so again i want to invite you up and chaired the task force and a member of the sf mta. thank you for being here. >> thank you supervisors. i am deputy of planning for the sf mta also the transportation task force, co-chair with dhp. i'm going to give you a quick overview of the strategy and then what we're going to be talking about in the hearing so you can hear from the various departments on what they have have done since we have been developing this report. it's really important to note that we have been working over the last two years as a team and moving concert with the changes and the strategy is reflecting in real time what we're doing and moving forward and there is obviously a lot of chal
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we do programs for education and cultural awareness and we will talk about those in the context of the plans. i am sharing the analysis that you requested. i will say a little bit more about that. i think starting -- do both mics work? starting with the trends this first slide, and i will go through these quickly. i think we can see the total injuries -- i think it's important for you -- for everyone to look at these at data for pedestrian injuries and all traffic injuries in terms of trends. it's misleading to look at a short period of time. it's misleading to look at just one intersection because these are relatively rare events but with the thousands of intersections they collectively add up but just to follow one intersection or one statistic from day to day or month to month is really misleading and lead us down the wrong road but over a decade injuries overall have defined but for pedestrians remained stable which is not acceptable. when we look at severe and fatal injuries we see an uptick in the number happening in the city and i think this is in part because of increase in bic
we do programs for education and cultural awareness and we will talk about those in the context of the plans. i am sharing the analysis that you requested. i will say a little bit more about that. i think starting -- do both mics work? starting with the trends this first slide, and i will go through these quickly. i think we can see the total injuries -- i think it's important for you -- for everyone to look at these at data for pedestrian injuries and all traffic injuries in terms of trends....
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we have educational workshops >> so my second position is a coordinator. this does community base organizations behavior of the parents and giving the folks an overview on rights. we over our clinics at 6363 admission the first thursday ♪ again, we offers those workshops throughout the community it's very actually in spreading the word of information. we also offer p p ws. their our parents professional workshops again, we try to get our information to parents and professionals and we have the second saturday of each month. we try to get our next upcoming one on may 11th. we're going to have is a special speaker and she is going to screen her documentary on 3 generations and how effective it's envoy is a q and a and give a little bit of experience and information on several taught and a situation. but that's a quick example of the type workshops we have monthly. >> sorry the next one is short term case management. fully staffed sorry we have a staff of 3 social workers one in to 5 in english and then another bilingual in spanish. we can get immediate sup
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educate them to the proper behavior. i think that that is done with people who are in settings that are over 21 as well. >> i agree with you. i think that we penalize anyone over the age of 21 and get in trouble in the summer, when there is no school. they need a place to go to express themselves. the next question, for the police, with the success of aou, it is a central place where conditions are put on alcohol licenses. does the police department possibly see a central location for education permits? >> i leave that as long as we can centralize these activities and tasks, getting them to go through one formal is much better for all of us. it is much easier to get a handle on what is going on. aou, we are doing really well with that. we will look into that and have it going through direct. >> so, we used all of these out. does anyone else have a question? we have about five more minutes before we take a break. i know the you are tired. please, ask and be polite. robbie? [laughter] >> hello. this is a question for all t
educate them to the proper behavior. i think that that is done with people who are in settings that are over 21 as well. >> i agree with you. i think that we penalize anyone over the age of 21 and get in trouble in the summer, when there is no school. they need a place to go to express themselves. the next question, for the police, with the success of aou, it is a central place where conditions are put on alcohol licenses. does the police department possibly see a central location for...
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you know that this city's future don't understand on the education we provide for all our children. it's with great pleurisy introduce the mayor of the city of san francisco. good morning thank you laura republican for that kind introduction and thank you for opening your divorces to me this morning. i want to honor david and all your supervisors and to our two newest supervisors. mayor brown thank you for being here and taking the time to join us this morning. you have done so much in this county >> and since this is my first city address i'm hoping you'll cut me some slack if you chose to write about it in the newspapers. to the department heads and consistent leaders and education leaders to all of you who are online and thank you all of you for joining us this morning. and, of course, to my wonderful wife, mother and friend thank you for being here and pitting up with me for all these years >> a year ago i stood before i and score my term of office pledging to seize the year of the dragon to focus on jobs and to make bold decisions for your future. and to work together with all
you know that this city's future don't understand on the education we provide for all our children. it's with great pleurisy introduce the mayor of the city of san francisco. good morning thank you laura republican for that kind introduction and thank you for opening your divorces to me this morning. i want to honor david and all your supervisors and to our two newest supervisors. mayor brown thank you for being here and taking the time to join us this morning. you have done so much in this...
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just the experience of the education you pick up in the classroom but the education you pick up about life with some guidance which is important as well, that makes the college experience very valuable. >> small steps are being taken to make a college education affordable but america needs a long-term solution so everyone may have the same opportunity. america has always been known as the land of opportunity. need to keep it that way. >> congratulations to all the winners in this year's student can competition. to see more winning videos, go to student can.org. >> the funeral for margaret thatcher is tomorrow morning. she died last monday at the age of 87. we will have the three-hour guests includeed all the surviving current british prime ministers. former secretary of state hillary clinton and a representative of the reagan family. queen elizabeth the second will also attend the funeral. live coverage begins at 4:15 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> preparations are underway for tomorrow's funeral for margaret thatcher. joining us on the phone tonight is adam boulton. thank you for being
just the experience of the education you pick up in the classroom but the education you pick up about life with some guidance which is important as well, that makes the college experience very valuable. >> small steps are being taken to make a college education affordable but america needs a long-term solution so everyone may have the same opportunity. america has always been known as the land of opportunity. need to keep it that way. >> congratulations to all the winners in this...
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that is, muslims and christians, just as he said, he wasn't an educated guy but he was a smart guy. but whatever was we have more kinship with people around the world than we have difference. fascinating to go to burma, aung san suu kyi, should still under house arrest them, to see the situation. to me burma was a lot like cuba. and that is very repressive, totalitarian societies. and see a world in which you can't, you're going to a bookstore and there are maybe 20 books in the bookstore. everything is censored. or go to cuba and try to find an internet cafÉ and you can't find one. to see situations where people don't have the freedoms that we often take for granted, were a limit i would say. i believe firmly in learning spirit it's one thing to read john hershey's hiroshima. i think that's powerful, important understate about. but have the advantage of reading that book as your traveling towards japan and then you get off that ship and you go to hiroshima after having read that and your with 10 or 11 students, and you meet a japanese gentleman who is 75 years old, who was seven y
that is, muslims and christians, just as he said, he wasn't an educated guy but he was a smart guy. but whatever was we have more kinship with people around the world than we have difference. fascinating to go to burma, aung san suu kyi, should still under house arrest them, to see the situation. to me burma was a lot like cuba. and that is very repressive, totalitarian societies. and see a world in which you can't, you're going to a bookstore and there are maybe 20 books in the bookstore....
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president, baltimore, like many other major cities, has struggled to educate its children. recent statistics indicate that the number of third graders reading below grade level in baltimore is double the state average. this is especially troubling in light of the numerous national studies showing for every six students who are not reading at the third grade level, one will not graduate. across the united states, students with good school libraries learn better and score higher an standardized tests than their peers in schools without libraries. we have an program, academy bonds that is available to help school districts in areas such as improving their libraries, and since 2001 baltimore city has used those funds and recently we extended the program through 2013. academy bonds are important, but much more needs to be done to help our students. so let me share with my colleagues a wonderful initiative, the baltimore elementary and middle school barlibrary project, which is bringing in additional partners to maximize the resources available. the mary and janet wineberg founda
president, baltimore, like many other major cities, has struggled to educate its children. recent statistics indicate that the number of third graders reading below grade level in baltimore is double the state average. this is especially troubling in light of the numerous national studies showing for every six students who are not reading at the third grade level, one will not graduate. across the united states, students with good school libraries learn better and score higher an standardized...
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this amendment would reauthorize and improve programs administered by both the departments of education and health and human services related to awareness, intervention, prevention of mental health conditions and the promotion of linkages to appropriate services for children and youth. scho setsy promotingocuses on schoolwide prevention through the development of positive behavioral interventions and supports. title 2 focuses on suicide prevention and also helping children recover from traumatic events. i want to make it clear that this amendment passed our committee last week unanimously. unanimously t. has -- the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: it has a number of republican and democratic cosponsors so i hope that regardless of how we might agree or disagree on all this stuff about guns and stuff coming up, i hope we all agree that we need to do a better job of early identification, intervention and support services for mental health for our children in this country. and with that, i would yield to senator alexander. mr. alexander: mr
this amendment would reauthorize and improve programs administered by both the departments of education and health and human services related to awareness, intervention, prevention of mental health conditions and the promotion of linkages to appropriate services for children and youth. scho setsy promotingocuses on schoolwide prevention through the development of positive behavioral interventions and supports. title 2 focuses on suicide prevention and also helping children recover from...
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the short fall, that $10 million short fall is really in the areas of the kind of the plans, education, and outreach because very often the funding sources that we deal with at mta you build the project and deal with this. and these programs are limited to us so that is the $10 million gap. step two, fund pilot treatments and identify those most impactful so we're building up how to take care of the short fall. one do the injury corridors, identify innovative treatments and integrate with other projects. again that is a $5 million gap. step three and estimate improvements and we estimated the third part, the permanent capital improvements but again this is a strategy. it's a plan. it's an estimate. we haven't actually gone to the intersections. we haven't done the engineering but that is the goal. that's what we're reaching towards so again we want to implement the high impacts first and then pursue funding by phase and i often tell people so they see the total there and we're never going to accomplish that. in reality we want to fund environmental studies, do outreach and fund designs
the short fall, that $10 million short fall is really in the areas of the kind of the plans, education, and outreach because very often the funding sources that we deal with at mta you build the project and deal with this. and these programs are limited to us so that is the $10 million gap. step two, fund pilot treatments and identify those most impactful so we're building up how to take care of the short fall. one do the injury corridors, identify innovative treatments and integrate with other...
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her formal education made her one of the most educated women of her generation. the popular image is often very dark. her childhood, many of the stories associated represent a typical childhood. she had a pony she rode around town. she and her siblings would catch minnows and the creek -- in the creek. she and her cousin attempted to create their own hoop skirts and wear them to sunday school. siblingsents, and her would spend the evening together. in addition to the family members, there were enslaved african americans that this column. on average, they had five slaves that provided all of the household labor. it included three women and two men. we had a portrait of mary's stepmother's mother. she is said to be a formative influence on mrs. lincoln. she was well-educated, she spoke french fluently. she is also interesting with her views in regard to slavery. in her will, she chose to provide for the gradual freeing of her slaves after her death. this represents her political position of gradual emancipation. this is the dining room of the home. this is where th
her formal education made her one of the most educated women of her generation. the popular image is often very dark. her childhood, many of the stories associated represent a typical childhood. she had a pony she rode around town. she and her siblings would catch minnows and the creek -- in the creek. she and her cousin attempted to create their own hoop skirts and wear them to sunday school. siblingsents, and her would spend the evening together. in addition to the family members, there were...
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for occupational and who apply - professional liccnses in the militaay trrining, education &puniiersities. &p ittalso creates an expedite liccnsing prooedure or who hold proffssional liceeses in other states. &p the next time to take ppecautton. the maryland's depaatment of natural rrsources is urging ssate resideett to uus caution ass ears areeemerging from outdoor items that may contain or smell like flood. that inccudes loccing garbage in a bearrproof rash &pcan .... keeping garbagg down bird feeddrs ... and ootdoor grilll. 3the value of gold is dropping &pfast...just yeeterday, it droppeddalmmot 10 percent to below 14-hhndded doollr an ouncc.it's the llwest price in mooe than two ears. &p3 enjoy bbq nyway you like..listtn to ccmpetiiioos. pork in hh pprrk bbb festival starts this weekend. emily gracey joins us for ttis morningsshometown in the park.- whattcaa we do?? what can we eat? pork ii the park bbq festiiaa salisbury maryllnd.to llarn mooe loo on toofox baltimore pdt com slash morning.. 3passachuseets.... is listed as one offthe bess taaes to prise youu kidd..ind out he other st
for occupational and who apply - professional liccnses in the militaay trrining, education &puniiersities. &p ittalso creates an expedite liccnsing prooedure or who hold proffssional liceeses in other states. &p the next time to take ppecautton. the maryland's depaatment of natural rrsources is urging ssate resideett to uus caution ass ears areeemerging from outdoor items that may contain or smell like flood. that inccudes loccing garbage in a bearrproof rash &pcan .... keeping...
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>> we're launching our education program in the schools. the idea of having the kids do some artwork and then turn around and tag it in their class. so, they feel what it's like to be violated. that is so powerful, i can't wait to get home and start doing it. on the other side as a carrot, i have stickers. when you give blood like i do every eight weeks, they give me a little sticker. that says, be nice to me, i gave blood today. [speaker not understood]. we need to do that for our clean-up people. so, when i take one of our felons, our misdemeanor kids and we go out and abate graffiti, at the end of the day i put a sticker on and says, be nice to me, i cleaned hayward today. your parents have to be nice to you and you tell them i said so. (applause) >> awesome, thank you. thank you. do you have another question up there? >> i do. >> okay, great. >> it's a rather hefty one. there is much more commercial tagging such as billboards, rap ads on buses, streetcars, structures built into sidewalks such as kiosks, news gras being, stand alone in g
>> we're launching our education program in the schools. the idea of having the kids do some artwork and then turn around and tag it in their class. so, they feel what it's like to be violated. that is so powerful, i can't wait to get home and start doing it. on the other side as a carrot, i have stickers. when you give blood like i do every eight weeks, they give me a little sticker. that says, be nice to me, i gave blood today. [speaker not understood]. we need to do that for our...
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from a distance as a landscape, but once again up close there is another level of information that's educational about this facility. >> fire fly by artist ned con is an art installation which rises straight from the golden gate avenue sidewalk to the top of the building. >> the fire fly wall will be 5 by 5 polley carbon plates that will move with the wind and show a wave effect in the daytime. when those also swing back and forth and they hit the fulcrum, it will also set up an led light that will cover the fire fly. so, at nighttime people in another part of san francisco can see the side of our building and about 20 feet wide and 10 stories high will be a wall that will flickr on and off like fire flies at nighttime. it will be so energy efficient that if all those lights go on, it will be the equivalent of a 40 watt bulb. and also the new piece of artwork going all the way down the side of the building, which looks like this incredible wind ripples on a pond. and i thought, oh, my god, how incredible, how wonderful. >> inside the building we will have water walls in the main staircase, and t
from a distance as a landscape, but once again up close there is another level of information that's educational about this facility. >> fire fly by artist ned con is an art installation which rises straight from the golden gate avenue sidewalk to the top of the building. >> the fire fly wall will be 5 by 5 polley carbon plates that will move with the wind and show a wave effect in the daytime. when those also swing back and forth and they hit the fulcrum, it will also set up an led...
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and while the benefits of getting an education are important and well known, how to get that education is becoming a challenge. people have to pay for that education. now many people apply for financial aid, scholarships, ans and grants and also pell grants. it provides up to $5,500 a year for an education. unfortunately for many students, although the pell grant used to cover the cost of tuition, rarely does it provide the tuition today. the college board suggested the average cost of tuition is over $10,000. many public colleges charge as much as $22,000. so that a student has to come up with as much as $15,000 over the pell grant to be able to afford tuition, room and board. under most circumstances, students can obtain student loans to cover the difference. it's also critical that students know what they're getting into when they take on student loans, because these are not grants and these are loans that have to be paid back with interest. we have been helping students with these loans. when we passed the health care reform a couple of years ago, we included $1.5 billion to streng
and while the benefits of getting an education are important and well known, how to get that education is becoming a challenge. people have to pay for that education. now many people apply for financial aid, scholarships, ans and grants and also pell grants. it provides up to $5,500 a year for an education. unfortunately for many students, although the pell grant used to cover the cost of tuition, rarely does it provide the tuition today. the college board suggested the average cost of tuition...
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perhaps some of it is an awareness or an education about resource he he that are available. there's a whole gamut of people available to remove graffiti, people who have never done it before, maybe they're painters but they just have access to materials and they are used to taking paint off. i guess farther down the spectrum of people that have never done it before and just want to be good citizens to remove graffiti. then you go up through -- you know, people who just specialize in graffiti removal. there's people who, you know, more like me who get technically involved and we test everything. you've got vendors out there that are selling you products, including antigraffiti coatings. so, i think there's a level of what the significance of the historic building, if we're talking about the white house or the national monument, you know, we'll always get -- usually find people who are super well qualified. and then if it's -- you know, if it were my house and it was built in the 1920s, i might get more ghosting. it's just a matter of -- not me. i would do a good job. [laughte
perhaps some of it is an awareness or an education about resource he he that are available. there's a whole gamut of people available to remove graffiti, people who have never done it before, maybe they're painters but they just have access to materials and they are used to taking paint off. i guess farther down the spectrum of people that have never done it before and just want to be good citizens to remove graffiti. then you go up through -- you know, people who just specialize in graffiti...
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he is a student at cony high school. >> education was the gateway to opportunity for me. it was the gateway for michelle. it was the gateway for most of you. and now, more than ever, it is the gateway to a middle-class life. >> in america, we are at a crossroads. education is becoming more and more expensive as the student loan debt has reached over $1 trillion. i traveled around my home state of maine in search of a solution. a my college has been really growing experience in many ways, academically, socially. >> it's more than a experience. time management and meeting new people and expressing ideas and kind of being in a place with a lot of other intelligent and other focused individuals and just being able to take advantage of that. >> what college education does for you is -- cultivate the mind, broaden the mind, educate the mind and instill someone as a creative their. the college experience -- helped me evolve as a person. and got me ready for a job and lso got me ready for life. >> i am so thankful for the education i've gotten. the ability to kind of study a rang
he is a student at cony high school. >> education was the gateway to opportunity for me. it was the gateway for michelle. it was the gateway for most of you. and now, more than ever, it is the gateway to a middle-class life. >> in america, we are at a crossroads. education is becoming more and more expensive as the student loan debt has reached over $1 trillion. i traveled around my home state of maine in search of a solution. a my college has been really growing experience in many...
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their selection is an educator with roots in the oakland school system. >> dr. gary yee who is an oakland native is a 40-year- plus educator here in the city of oakland. >> the board is expected to formally ai've yee's nomination at its next meeting on wednesday. he's expected to start july 1st. >>> today is earth day. you will no longer be asked paper or plastic at stores in a dozen peninsula cities. retailers in 12 san mateo cities including pacifica, redwood city, burlingame and south san francisco began a ban on single use plastic bags. if you don't have your own rerusable -- reusable bags, stores will be charging 10 cents for paper bags. some are in favor. >> i think any time we can help the earth and recycle bags will benefit all of us, especially our kids. >> with the amount of bags that i was using, so -- it's just gonna be a habit change. >> grocery stores are still able to provide plastic bags for produce and pharmacies can still use small bags to hold prescription medications. >>> and seasonally hot weather around the bay area this afternoon. i do see
their selection is an educator with roots in the oakland school system. >> dr. gary yee who is an oakland native is a 40-year- plus educator here in the city of oakland. >> the board is expected to formally ai've yee's nomination at its next meeting on wednesday. he's expected to start july 1st. >>> today is earth day. you will no longer be asked paper or plastic at stores in a dozen peninsula cities. retailers in 12 san mateo cities including pacifica, redwood city,...
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i think it's very important educating people about how to protect themselves about the radio frequency from the cell phone. it's very important. people lead very busy lives, complex lives and are also not informed how they can protect themselves against many of the increasingly toxic exposures of all types. and this fact sheet, for example, as pointed out, points out where you can perhaps not use your cell phone on like an elevator, whatever. also limiting cell phone use by children. i mean, i see parents letting their children -- i'm talking about young children in this case -- use cell phones all the time. i have a son now. he's in his 20s now. if i had this little fact sheet, it would have made things a lot easier. sometimes kids, teens don't listen to their parents, so to have something like this is a help that you can refer to or have at home. so, i think this would save lives, save illnesses and save overwhelming health costs to have this law in place and i urge you to not cave in. thank you. >>> hi, i'm ellie marks. i representative the california brain tumor association and [sp
i think it's very important educating people about how to protect themselves about the radio frequency from the cell phone. it's very important. people lead very busy lives, complex lives and are also not informed how they can protect themselves against many of the increasingly toxic exposures of all types. and this fact sheet, for example, as pointed out, points out where you can perhaps not use your cell phone on like an elevator, whatever. also limiting cell phone use by children. i mean, i...
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and part of what i think has happened since 9/11 is there's been a great public education. as to this dialog the public is having with whoever this is, whoever does these things to us. whether it's an organized group or a lone wolf. and i think part of it is what the british call keep calm and carr eon? the brits have learned a lot of these lessons. they had the ira a long time before al qaeda arrives. we need to do that too. we're not going to change our basic character. we're going to try to remain true, to essentially being the way we've always been. and i think that is a challenge, though, now. you feel the havoc growing across the global news cycles. and you say, look, for someone doing something leak this, you're trying to get in the mind of a bomber, maybe this is a victory. there's fear all over the unit. there's a question of where next? i think the next 24 to 48 hours will be important in terms of leadership, people in the law enforcement community as well as the political actors. let's take a deep breath. >> in terms of how we have evolved as a country, in terms
and part of what i think has happened since 9/11 is there's been a great public education. as to this dialog the public is having with whoever this is, whoever does these things to us. whether it's an organized group or a lone wolf. and i think part of it is what the british call keep calm and carr eon? the brits have learned a lot of these lessons. they had the ira a long time before al qaeda arrives. we need to do that too. we're not going to change our basic character. we're going to try to...
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there's been education as to the dialogue the public is having with the people who does these things to us. i think part of it is something, what do the british call, keep calm and carry on. the brits have learned a lot of these lessons. i think we're learning that too. to say, all right, we're not going to change our basic character. the way we handle big public ven events like this. we're going to try to remain true. i think that's challenge now. you have the havoc growing across the global news cycles. you're trying to get into the mind of bomber, maybe this is a victory. the capitol is around. the west is locked down. there's fear all over the united states. there's a question of where next. i think these next 24 to 48 hours will be important in terms of leadership and folks in the intelligence and the political actors to say let's take a deep breath, think what happens and we with control how we respond. >> in terms of the way our leaders talk to us about this, but when we're giving instruction, reassurance and given official response from a leaders, is there a new consensus it
there's been education as to the dialogue the public is having with the people who does these things to us. i think part of it is something, what do the british call, keep calm and carry on. the brits have learned a lot of these lessons. i think we're learning that too. to say, all right, we're not going to change our basic character. the way we handle big public ven events like this. we're going to try to remain true. i think that's challenge now. you have the havoc growing across the global...
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and she was interested in their education. she was interested in their medical well being and health. which was a very -- it was a proper thing for her to be interested in. nobody is going to be objecting to educating children or taking care of people who were sick. so it was certainly a good thing for her to do. the indians thought of her as their great white mother. >> you talked about dep -- about the first lady and the white house. >> she had connections to the johns hopkins hospital and the pediatric unit she set up. >> we'll talk about that in a minute. >> a question from jenny webber. hir yet lane -- harriet lane had a cutter named after her. also, i heard she got into trouble for throwing a party on the ship in question. is that true? >> yes. >> all right. tell us the story. >> how they named the ship after her, i don't know. but her unk -- uncle was president of the united states. he may have been able to swing it. he did. he invited some friends of hers to have a party on the ship. her uncle got wind of this, and he
and she was interested in their education. she was interested in their medical well being and health. which was a very -- it was a proper thing for her to be interested in. nobody is going to be objecting to educating children or taking care of people who were sick. so it was certainly a good thing for her to do. the indians thought of her as their great white mother. >> you talked about dep -- about the first lady and the white house. >> she had connections to the johns hopkins...